Lunch & Santa from 11:30- 1pm in the lounge - Swimming from 1-3pm. There is a $10 fee for each child. Please email or 519-525-8877 to confirm attendance by November 15th, 2018. Also please reply with what is on your child’s list for Santa.

Greater Durham Unit T-Shirt Design Contest!

The Greater Durham Region executive board is running a t-shirt design contest! Your design can either be for GDR specifically or CUSW, a finished design or rough idea. Email your designs to jefferygagne@gmail.com, the winner will receive 3 free shirts and have their signature on each shirt printed. Designs will be voted on this September.

Interested members can download and print a template to help with their design.

2018 Hockey Tournament - UPDATE: We Have a Winner

This years Tournament was held in Toronto at the William P. Wilder Arena Complex on Friday, May 11th and Saturday, May 12th.

5 teams cometed at this year's tourney, with each playing 4 games. Everyone attended the social on Friday night and it turned out to be a great social event.

In the final, Greater Durham beat Central TX Lines in a shootout.

Looking forward to next year!

Convention Delegates Vote to Affiliate with the Confederation of Canadian Unions (CCU)

We’re thrilled to announce our affiliation with the Confederation of Canadian Unions, Canada’s largest federation of independent labour unions.

In the CCU, we are affiliating with an organization closely aligned with our own values and beliefs. The CCU brings several decades worth of experience in the labour movement. Its expertise ranges from lobbying all levels of Government and supporting affiliates in labour disputes, to providing in-depth labour training for elected reps.

We are excited to embark on this next stage of CUSW’s growth and development with the CCU as a partner.

CUSW Office Move

As of Saturday, December 2nd, our new office address for CUSW, PSBT and PSRT is:

10 Carlson Court Suite 802 Toronto, ON M9W 6L2

CUSW Member Andrew Gresel Has Solid 2017 Race Season

We're proud to sponsor CUSW member, Andrew Gresel, as he rolled through the 2017 season in fine form. With 5 Top-5's in the Pro Late Model races, and a win and 2 Top-5's in the Super Late Model races, Andrew was flying!

CUSW Has a New President!

The National Board elections took place on Friday, June 30th. After 18 years as President, and one of the founding Members of CUSW, Joe Mulhall decided to retire. His leadership and dedication to making CUSW a 21st Century union is why we are all here today. Thank you Joe, for your vision, guidance and commitment!

CUSW is excited to announce that Geoff Denstedt has been elected as the new President!

2017 CUSW Hockey Tournament

Fairway and Bruce Unit co-winners of 2017 Hockey Tournament

After a hard fought "A" final, Fairway Electric and Bruce Unit remained tied after regualtion and instead of a shootout, the teams decided to leave it as a tie. In the "B" final, Greater Durham Unit defeated the Northern Unit squad.

AllianceLearning.ca New Courses Released

A total of 46 new online career boosting courses have been released at AllianceLearning.ca. As a CUSW member, you are entitled to a 75% reimbursement from the Training Trust Fund, taking the cost of each course to a low $10. Learn more about the Training Trust here.

3 New E-Learning Courses Launched to CUSW Members

We’re excited to announce the launch of 3 new courses, open to CUSW members. Members can access the courses using their CUSW sign in.

Workplace HS Rep

Learn all about the role of the Workplace HS Rep in this NEW one-hour on-line course! As we head towards an election year in CUSW, this course is very timely since one of the first elections of the year will be for your Workplace Health and Safety Representative. In this one-hour course, you will learn all about the role of the Workplace HS Rep as well as the skills needed and the duties required.

Sign into AllianceLearning using your regular CUSW user ID and password and look for this new course under the “HS Rep Specific” tab.

Negotiating 101

This 45-minute course is perfect for Members who want to learn more about what is involved in the negotiation process. You will learn about the history of how Collective Agreements and the right of Canadians to bargain collectively with their employers came to be. This is the perfect place to start if you have an interest in participating on your workplace's Negotiating Committee.

Negotiating a Collective Agreement

If you are interested in stepping forward to participate on your workplace's Negotiating Committee, this course is for you! During this 60-minute on-line course you will learn about: negotiating strategies; the components of a Collective Agreement; determining the purpose and scope of an agreement; and an introduction to the terminology used in Collective Agreements.

Please Note: this on-line course is a pre-requisite to the face-to-face training that is provided by the National Negotiating Committee.